April 19, 1934 — The “Surgeon’s Photograph” of the Loch Ness Monster is taken
The so-called “Surgeon’s Photograph” is the best known image of the cryptid called the Loch Ness Monster (Nessie to her...
May 11, 2019
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January 16, 1935 — Kate ‘Ma’ Barker is killed in a shootout with the FBI
The Barker-Karpis gang was, in its time, one of the most feared and deadly gangs of criminals in the United...
May 6, 2019
December 26, 1935 — “Captain Blood” premieres
The 1935 adaptation of Rafael Sabatini’s 1922 novel, “Captain Blood” was the second film version of the story, after a...
April 24, 2019
September 7, 1936 — The last thylacine dies in captivity
The Thylacine, often called the Tasmanian Tiger, was perhaps the only marsupial apex predator. By the time Australia was colonised,...
April 19, 2019
April 12, 1937 — Dennis Banks born
The co-founder of the American Indian Movement – a major ‘Red Power’ group in the civil rights struggles of native...
April 14, 2019
July 5, 1937 — Spam is first released
Spam didn’t used to have anything to do with enlarging your penis or getting cheap medicines of dubious quality. It...
April 4, 2019
October 30, 1938 — Orson Welles broadcasts “War of the Worlds”
It is probably the most infamous radio broadcast of all time: Orson Welles’ Halloween 1938 dramatisation of H.G. Wells’ “The...
March 29, 2019
December 5, 1939 — Albert Namitjira’s first solo show opens
One of the greatest of Australian painters, Albert Namitjira was 36 when his first solo show opened. It ran for...
March 24, 2019
April 30, 1939 — The New York World’s Fair opens
Dedicated to the promise of tomorrow, the New York City World’s Fair opened on Sunday, April 30, 1939. A crowd...
March 19, 2019
May 13, 1939 — Harvey Keitel born
One of those rare actors to not use a screen name, Harvey Keitel was a US Marine and later a...
March 14, 2019
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